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Re:A lot of what we think we know about WWII is wrong by usaphp on Saturday October 31, 2015 @11:50PM (#10485352)
Ak-47 was designed in 1949, I think you are missing something, war was over by that time
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Re:A lot of what we think we know about WWII is wrong by PhasmaFelis on Sunday November 01, 2015 @01:29AM (#10485538)
After the war, yes, but design began in 1945 and was completed in 1947, thus the "-47."
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Re:A lot of what we think we know about WWII is wrong by usaphp on Sunday November 01, 2015 @01:47AM (#10485660)
But it was adopted by Soviet army in 1949 officially, at least that's what Wikipedia says
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